Historical Fiction audiobooks

When a Laird Takes a Lady

By: Rowan Keats

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 8 hours

Abridged: No

Isabail Grant has had to be strong all her life. Over the years, she has lost everyone close to her, and now she's seeking justice for her brother's murder. But en route to Edinburgh to petition the king, she is kidnapped by a fierce warrior—and is shocked to find herself irresistibly drawn to her captor.



Aiden MacCurran is an outlaw. The laird... Read more

The Game and the Governess

By: Kate Noble

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

As the Earl of Ashby, Lord Edward Granville has never been in short supply of luck, earning him the nickname "Lucky Ned." Why should he not take risks most sensible men would run from, since the tide always turns in his favor? Making a wager that he can have any woman he desires even without his title, Ned switches places with John Turner, his... Read more

Snowball in Hell

By: Josh Lanyon

Narrated by: Alexander Masters

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Los Angeles, 1943: Reporter Nathan Doyle had his reasons to want Phil Arlen dead, but when he sees the man's body pulled from the La Brea tar pit, he knows he'll be the prime suspect. He also knows that his life won't stand up to intense police scrutiny, so he sets out to crack the case himself.
Lieutenant Matthew Spain's official inquiries soon... Read more

All Quiet on the Western Front

By: Erich Maria Remarque

Narrated by: Carolyn Pickles, Chris Pavlo, Dan Starkey, Donn...

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A full-cast dramatisation of one of the greatest war novels of all time.

First published as a novel in 1929, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of a group of young German soldiers who are enduring, and then coming to terms with, the realities of the First World War.

At the age of 19, following the outbreak of the First World War, Paul... Read more

For Better For Worse

By: Pam Weaver

Narrated by: Jenny Funnell

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A dramatic read from Sunday Times bestseller, Pam Weaver, filled with bigamy, scandal and friendships which bring hope in the darkness. The perfect read for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee. July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII, Annie Royal is looking to the future. Recently married to Henry, and with a baby on the... Read more

Private Peaceful

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Full Cast, Michael Morpurgo & Paul Chequer

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the powerful novel set in the First World War, from the author of War Horse.

This is the story of Thomas ‘Tommo’ Peaceful, a young soldier who finds himself in Belgium, in the trenches of the First World War, with his brother Charlie. It is also the story of Tommo’s life, growing up in Devon with his brothers, and... Read more

Taming a Wild Scot

By: Rowan Keats

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Wrongfully accused of murder and left to die in a hellish Highland dungeon, Ana Bisset has lost all hope of freedom. But the beautiful healer's luck takes an unexpected turn when a hooded stranger appears as her rescuer. After a harrowing escape, Ana settles alone in a quiet village where no one knows her past or her reputation. The last thing... Read more

Peril On The Royal Train - The Railway Detective, book 10 (Unabridged)

By: Edward Marston

Narrated by: Nick McArdle

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Spring, 1858. The route of the Caledonian Railway through the southern uplands of the Scottish countryside is disrupted by a fatal crash. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming are called from the crime of London to investigate, and must contend with old enemy Superintendent Rory McTurk to uncover the criminals behind the disaster. Read more

Bared to the Laird

By: Eliza Knight

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson & Arika Rapson

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Overwhelmed by her new life in another era with the Laird of Gealach, and the feelings that threaten to consume her, Emma determines she must return to her own time and a semblance of sanity. Having heard of a magical circle of stones atop the ridge overlooking Loch Ness, she manages to escape from the castle and the desire and intensity of... Read more

The Ghost and Lady Alice

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Lovesey is a poor, mistreated scullery maid whose desperate plea for help miraculously summons Wadham Hall's rakish eighth duke—summons him from the dead! Though caught up in the delights of being newly materialized, the duke promises to return the favor by helping Alice become a lady of quality. But does Alice's heart stand a ghost of a... Read more

Motor City Burning

By: Bill Morris

Narrated by: Richard Small

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

From the critically acclaimed author of Motor City, Detroit comes alive in a powerful and thrilling novel set amid the chaos of the 1960s race riots and the serenity of baseball's opening day.Willie Bledsoe, once an idealistic young black activist, is now a burnt-out case. After leaving a snug berth at Tuskegee Institute to join the Student... Read more

His Lordship’s Pleasure

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Annabelle Carruthers can only dream of being kissed by a man as dashing as Lord Darkwood. She remains locked in misery—married to a rakish drunk who gambles their lives into financial and social ruin.His sudden death—and rumors of spies and treachery—only make matters worse. Burdened with gambling debts, Annabelle fears she is on her way to the... Read more

Molly

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

She had dared turn a cold shoulder to London's prize catch. She was a precocious American upstart who thought beauty, brains, and bravery were enough to conquer London society. Well, he'd show her! Nobody spurned Lord David Manley, the most eligible bachelor in town—not publicly, not privately. He was determined that she'd soon be trembling in... Read more

Last Orders

By: Harry Turtledove

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 16 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In an extraordinary saga of nations locked in war, master storyteller Harry Turtledove tells the story of World War II, which begins over Czechoslovakia rather than Poland, eleven months earlier than it really came. Now comes the final installment in Turtledove's landmark World War II series.

Hitler's Plan A was to win in a hurry, striking hard... Read more

Henrietta

By: M. C. Beaton

Narrated by: Lindy Nettleton

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Even the inhabitants of secluded Nethercote looked pityingly upon young Henrietta, the vicar's sister; her plain features seemed to almost guarantee her a solitary future. And yet she had a determined spirit and magnificent hazel eyes. So when her great-aunt Hester left her unexpected wealth, Henrietta set out to conquer London's glittering high... Read more

Sentinels of Fire

By: P. T. Deutermann

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A dramatic World War II adventure set on a US destroyer under ferocious kamikaze attack, by the Boyd Award-winning author of Pacific GloryBy the spring of 1945, the once mighty Japanese fleet has been virtually destroyed, leaving Japan open to invasion. The Japanese react by dispatching hundreds of suicide bombers against the Allied fleet... Read more

Once Upon a Highland Legend

By: Tanya Anne Crosby

Narrated by: James Gillies

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Embark on a journey into magical Medieval Scotland, to a time when the shadowy Picts are in danger of vanishing from the Highland tapestry, and Scotland itself will arise a nation from the ashes of betrayal.In the year 2014, American-born Annie Ross has gone through her entire life a bit lost. She's about to find herself lost in time as well—all... Read more

Lady with the Devil's Scar

By: Sophia James

Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

BEHIND THE ENEMY'S WALLS Badly disfigured Lady Isobel Dalceann has fought fiercely to defend her Keep, with little thought for her safety. Why, then, has she let a stranger within her walls? Whilst he threatens danger, his battered body marked by war mirrors her own scars and tempts her to put her faith in him. Marc de Courtenay is a mercenary... Read more

Outrageous Confessions of Lady Deborah

By: Marguerite Kaye

Narrated by: Julia Franklin

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Just who is Lady Deborah? I am the Dowager Countess of Kinsail, and I have enough secrets to scandalize you for life. I will never reveal the truth of my soul-destroying marriage--some things are too dark to be told. But at least no one can guess that I, a famously icy-hearted widow, am also the authoress of the shamelessly voluptuous romances... Read more

The Hundred-Year House

By: Rebecca Makkai

Narrated by: Jen Tullock

Length: 8 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield.

“Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious."
–Richard Russo
 
Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests... Read more

The Highlander's Bargain

By: Barbara Longley

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

GDRWA Booksellers’ Best AwardBefore he can settle down, blond-haired, blue-eyed Robley of clan MacKintosh needs to taste true adventure. So when the faerie Madame Giselle asks him to retrieve her stolen property in exchange for two enchanted tokens that will whisk him across the centuries, he jumps at the chance.Nurse and future midwife Erin... Read more

Angels Make Their Hope Here

By: Breena Clarke

Narrated by: Love Carter

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Russell's Knob is not paradise. But already in 1849 this New Jersey highlands settlement is home to a diverse population of blacks, whites, and reds who have intermarried and lived in relative harmony for generations. It is a haven for Dossie Bird, who has escaped north along the Underground Railroad and now feels the embrace of the Smoot... Read more

Stormbird

By: Conn Iggulden

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 16 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in #1 New York Times–bestselling author Conn Iggulden’s brilliant new historical series about two families that plunged England into a devastating, decades-long civil war.

In 1437, the Lancaster king Henry VI ascends the throne of England after years of semi-peaceful regency. Named “The Lamb,” Henry is famed more for his gentle and... Read more

Angels Make Their Hope Here

By: Breena Clarke

Narrated by: Naomi Russell

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

From the author of the bestselling River, Cross My Heart-a compelling and lyrical new novel about a young black woman in the Civil War era who finds refuge in a racially tolerant community. Russell's Knob is not paradise. But already in 1863 this New Jersey highlands settlement is home to a diverse population of blacks and whites and reds who... Read more